I was driving the T5 along an A road last night doing about 50 - 60 mph and some old guy pulls straight out in front of me from a Junction on the right. Obviously because he came from the right, I had nowhere to go so I slammed on the brakes and kept it on tarmac until I ran out of space and swung the car left to avoid him. Just luckily there happened to be a stretch of open grasslands right next to me with no Bank so I had a safe run off and stopped safely. I don't even think the guy knew what had happened, it must have been his passengers who told him as he almost carried on driving.

He was genuinely very apologetic and as I don't get shaken up very easily I didn't make a big deal of it, took his details in case the car has any damage and off I went. If anything, I hope this thread will make some of you realise that even on a quiet, empty or deserted road at night, anything can happen and if I had been going over the limit then the situation would more than likely have been fatal for someone.

Oh, and Volvo's have awesome brakes on the T5's, how that never spun on the grass I don't know.

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Yeah it was, a mixture of luck and driving experience. Glad the family wasn't in there.

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Glad your both ok. You see careless drivers everyday and i dont think some people realise it can take 2 seconds to crash at speed and die.

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cherry p1.....SOLD (regreting this)
blaze p2.....why did i buy this SOLD
Black p3

Glad to hear you are OK.

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Cherry Rallye SOLD

Always the younger have higher insurance cause were the ones having the accidents trying to avoid the oldies

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205 gti6 1989

^^^ More than likely.

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Agreed.

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

All the time I would imagine. It's scary to think how much trust we have to give to drivers of other vehicles to do the right thing. One slight mistake or lack of concentration from either party can result in a catastrophe.

To be more graphic, one cock up or lack of concentration from either party can result in some poor kid not having mummy or daddy come home again. That's how I think when driving.

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The other guy must have been driving a sponge if your fiesta was hardly damaged

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On rare occasions if it's Friday the 13th and the moon is in alignment with Venus... and also the accident happens in a specific way, these old bangers are pretty tough. I had an elderly woman change lane in her Honda Jazz right into the driver's door of my 205. Her Jazz had a cracked headlamp & bumper, the dent in my door pushed out and was more or less completely straight afterwards. Even the plastic trim came out with hardly a scuff.

She even tried to claim off my insurance after admitting fault at the scene and accepting my offer of a few quid to buy a replacement door from a scrappy that I'd fit myself. Insurance came down in my favour (obviously) but I didn't chase them up for any payout after pushing the dent out.

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Ph1 306 GTi 6 | RX8 231 S1 | YBR 125 Cafe Racer | MT-03 660

You've got directional abs linked to the dynamic esp system, its amazing what it can do. You can use it to turn in to a corner or it can get you back from virtually any angle. Wet trackdays show it very well. Main problem is that it can't be turned off and murders rear brake pads. Really only an issue on track though.

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Footage or it didn't happen.

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Black X Reg PIII.VGTi 6 A4212 pt 1 A4212 pt 2 Searching the streets of Bristol for 1.36p/day.

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He's talking about the OPs Volvo, pay attention in the cheap seats.

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I'm Si btw

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